secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG)
CIK:        0000003570
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000003570-24-000057
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cheniere Q1 revenue $4.3B, net income $502M; reaffirms FY2024 EBITDA $5.5-6.0B
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- Revenue $4.3B (-42% YoY), net income $502M (-91% YoY), Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA $1.8B (-51% YoY).
- Full-year 2024 guidance reaffirmed: Consol. Adj. EBITDA $5.5-6.0B, Distributable Cash Flow $2.9-3.4B.
- Q1 share repurchases: ~7.5M shares for ~$1.2B; paid quarterly dividend $0.435/share.
- CCL Stage 3 project 55.9% complete; first LNG expected by end-2024; substantial completion 1H25–2H26.
- Issued $1.5B of 5.65% Senior Notes due 2034; proceeds plus cash used to retire CCH 2025 notes.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357024000057/0000003570-24-000057-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357024000057/lng-20240503.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000003570-24-000057

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